廢話

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See also: 废话

Chinese[edit]

		abolish; crippled	spoken words; speech; dialect spoken words; speech; dialect; language; talk; conversation; what someone said
trad. (廢話)		廢	話
simp. (废话)		废	话

Pronunciation[edit]

Mandarin
(Pinyin): fèihuà

(Zhuyin): ㄈㄟˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): fai³ waa^6-2, fai³ waa⁶
Hakka (Sixian, PFS): fi-fa
Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): hòe-ōe / hùi-ōe / hùi-ōa

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: fèihuà
  - Zhuyin: ㄈㄟˋ ㄏㄨㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: fèihuà
  - Wade–Giles: fei⁴-hua⁴
  - Yale: fèi-hwà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: feyhuah
  - Palladius: фэйхуа (fɛjxua)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /feɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xu̯ä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: fai³ waa^6-2, fai³ waa⁶
  - Yale: fai wá, fai wah
  - Cantonese Pinyin: fai³ waa^6-2, fai³ waa⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: fei³ wa^6-2, fei³ wa⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /fɐi̯³³ waː²²⁻³⁵/, /fɐi̯³³ waː²²/
Hakka
- (Sixian, incl. Miaoli and Meinong)
  - Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: fi-fa
  - Hakka Romanization System: fi fa
  - Hagfa Pinyim: fi⁴ fa⁴
  - Sinological IPA: /fi⁵⁵ fa⁵⁵/
Southern Min
- (Hokkien: Xiamen, Quanzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hòe-ōe
  - Tâi-lô: huè-uē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: hoea'oe
  - IPA (Quanzhou): /hue⁴¹⁻⁵⁵⁴ ue⁴¹/
  - IPA (Xiamen): /hue²¹⁻⁵³ ue²²/
- (Hokkien: General Taiwanese)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hùi-ōe
  - Tâi-lô: huì-uē
  - Phofsit Daibuun: huie'oe
  - IPA (Taipei): /hui¹¹⁻⁵³ ue³³/
  - IPA (Kaohsiung): /hui²¹⁻⁴¹ ue³³/
- (Hokkien: Zhangzhou)
  - Pe̍h-ōe-jī: hùi-ōa
  - Tâi-lô: huì-uā
  - Phofsit Daibuun: huie'oa
  - IPA (Zhangzhou): /hui²¹⁻⁵³ ua²²/

Noun[edit]

廢話

rubbish; worthless words; superfluous words
他說了半天，一點兒乾貨都沒有，全是廢話。 [MSC, trad.]
他说了半天，一点儿干货都没有，全是废话。 [MSC, simp.]
Tā shuō le bàntiān, yī diǎnr gānhuò dōu méiyǒu, quán shì fèihuà. [Pinyin]
He was speaking for a long time. Not a bit of what he said was substantial; all of it was trash.

把文章中廢話去掉 [MSC, trad.]
把文章中废话去掉 [MSC, simp.]
bǎ wénzhāng zhōng fèihuà qùdiào [Pinyin]
to remove redundant words from the article

「我們要想辦法處理這個問題。」「這不廢話嗎！誰不想解決問題？」 [dialectal Mandarin, trad.]
「我们要想办法处理这个问题。」「这不废话吗！谁不想解决问题？」 [dialectal Mandarin, simp.]
“Wǒmen yào xiǎng bànfa chùlǐ zhè ge wèntí.” “Zhè bu fèihuà ma! Shéi bùxiǎng jiějué wèntí?” [Pinyin]
‘We shall think up a solution to deal with this issue.’ ‘No kidding! Who doesn’t want an issue solved?’

「你知道嗎？太陽只有白天才看得到。」「廢話！」 [MSC, trad.]
「你知道吗？太阳只有白天才看得到。」「废话！」 [MSC, simp.]
“Nǐ zhīdào ma? Tàiyang zhǐyǒu báitiān cái kàn de dào.” “Fèihuà!” [Pinyin]
‘Do you know that the sun can only be seen in the daytime?’ ‘You don’t say!’

Synonyms[edit]

胡說／胡说 (húshuō)
胡言 (húyán)

Verb[edit]

廢話

to speak worthless words
別廢話了！趕緊走吧！ [MSC, trad.]
别废话了！赶紧走吧！ [MSC, simp.]
Bié fèihuà le! Gǎnjǐn zǒu ba! [Pinyin]
Cut the empty talk and go now!

你跟那個人廢什麼話啊！這人可固執得很呢！ [MSC, trad.]
你跟那个人废什么话啊！这人可固执得很呢！ [MSC, simp.]
Nǐ gēn nèi ge rén fèi shénme huà a! Zhè rén kě gùzhi de hěn ne! [Pinyin]
What do you speak in vain to that guy for (rhetorical)? They're quite stubborn!

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